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- noun Plural form of
operative .
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Examples
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Truth be told, Calbuzz has actually done this with operatives from the Whitman campaign!
Phil Trounstine: Character in the CA Gov Race: eMeg, Nicky & the Smoking Letter Phil Trounstine 2010
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And conventional wisdom among the younger generation of journalists and operatives is still dominated by the lessons taught by their elders rather than by the recent spate of low-variation elections.
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Add in some legislative successes and proactive moves on Beacon Hill, and Patrick, according to legislators, mayors, and political operatives, is emerging from a dark period that saw pundits and even some of his closest allies writing him off.
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Truth be told, Calbuzz has actually done this with operatives from the Whitman campaign!
Phil Trounstine: Character in the CA Gov Race: eMeg, Nicky and the Smoking Letter Phil Trounstine 2010
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So if Iranian assassins are called “death squads” what are similarly trained operatives from the CIA or Army called?
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Of course, McCain operatives would never lie to a guy from a paper in Ouachita, wherever the hell that is ...
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McCain operatives back-engineer a way to trick the cone of silence.
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The 'hard nosed' aspect of his operatives is for making sure that things go smoothly on the Dem side of things.
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This mistake by the White House: could it be due to the exodus of veteran operatives from the sinking, lame-duck, low popularity President? —
White House Tips Press Off to Maliki Interview - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Her story, with its many successes bought at a terrible price by some of the female operatives, is far more intricate and exciting than the world of James Bond.
Cover to Cover 2007
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